affect
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Experiments have shown that creatine can affect depression like behavior differently in male and female rodents, a finding that could help explain why the human studies involving mostly women produced the strongest positive results.
From Science Daily • Jun. 30, 2026
Ongoing quarantines can affect locals who grow and sell fruits and also residents of the affected areas.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026
But Wall Street sees a broader problem emerging: These funds, along with other forms of leverage, can also affect how the individual stocks behave.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
What patterns of behavior or habits does your mother bring out in you, and how does that affect your relationships?
From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026
I barely felt a warm tingle from the flower under my jacket and thought of Ishtar's warning about how its properties might affect my...condition.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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